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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts - Community Reviews back

by George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence, Nicholas Grene
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Devlin Scott
Devlin Scott rated it 11 years ago
Brilliant, charming, witty, not at all what you'd think from a romantic comedy. Don't know what I mean? Wait until the end...poetic!Devlin
mybookjournal
mybookjournal rated it 11 years ago
Pygmalion was satirical and a quick read could not put it down once I started. I must say I despise Mr. Henry Higgins‘s character, he was the most unkind, unemotional, disgusting man who thinks women as his puppet! Eliza served him right choosing Freddy as her life partner and being indifferent t...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 12 years ago
What did I think? I think that Eliza wanted what all women want. Respect. I think that [a:George Bernard Shaw|5217|George Bernard Shaw|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1271683549p2/5217.jpg] did an excellent job of portraying that, and the more I think about it, the more I liked the ending. It was...
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 12 years ago
This is the last book I will finish in 2012 as there are only 6 hours remaining in my day. It is certainly a fitting book (or rather play inside a book) to end the year on. For Pygmalion is a story about new beginnings and about transformation. What better book to symbolise the changing of the year,...
nataliya
nataliya rated it 12 years ago
"Eliza has no use for the foolish romantic tradition that all women love to be mastered, if not actually bullied and beaten,"¹ says G.B.Shaw in the afterword to his famous play.¹By the way, I think this quote should be memorized and repeated on the daily basis by the contemporary authors, especially...
Prerazmišljavanje
Prerazmišljavanje rated it 13 years ago
Oduševljena!
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 13 years ago
Man, I loved this play. Reminded me of Oscar Wilde - so much, actually, that I was surprised when I looked Shaw up and he apparently wasn't gay. It's really, really funny. And smart. Awesome shit, man. Awesome shit.
Thief of Camorr
Thief of Camorr rated it 15 years ago
Read in a day, quite enjoyable.
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 15 years ago
Pygmalion, in my opinion, is Shaw's piece de resistance (if that is how you spell it). It is a masterpiece. While I can simply leave it at that I am compelled to say a lot more about this play, but first, the plot. Two English gentlemen (and when I read this book I wondered if it was implied that t...
Aren's Library
Aren's Library rated it 18 years ago
Enjoyed the story.
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